Event #51: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-17-2025 15:02 UTC-8

Zable Knocks Out Chang

Erick Torres

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

John Zable raised from middle position to 2,500. Jason Koon called from the hijack before Lawrence Chang popped it to 10,500. Zable and Koon both called to send the three to a flop.

Chang threw in his last 8,000 on the 3♦2♣6♥ flop, which led to calls from both Zable and Koon.

The 3♣ turn peeled off, and Zable chose to bet 22,000. Koon folded to send Chang and Zable to a showdown.

Lawrence Chang: K♠K♦7♠4♦ All in
John Zable: A♣Q♣J♣3♥

Zable's turned trip threes proved to be the winning hand as the 6♦ river did not improve Chang to send him out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Zable	154,000 4,000	4,000
Jason Koon	124,000 124,000	124,000

Lawrence Chang	Busted

Tags: Jason Koon John Zable Lawrence Chang

06-17-2025 14:20 UTC-8

Nikiforov's Aces Send Lau Home

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Jonas Kronwitter raised to 2,700 under the gun before Ka Kwan Lau three-bet to 10,000 from the next seat. Ilya Nikiforov just called from the hijack and Kronwitter also called.

Kronwitter checked the 4♥3♥10♦ flop and Lau jammed for 5,200. Nikiforov raised to 20,000, forcing Kronwitter to fold.

Ka Kwan Lau: K♣K♥J♠7♥ All in
Ilya Nikiforov: A♠A♦7♣6♥

Lau was dominated by Nikiforov's two aces and needed some help to survive. The rest of the board ran out Q♥6♦, which didn't help Lau, and he was out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonas Kronwitter	285,000 145,000	145,000
Ilya Nikiforov	195,000 45,000	45,000
Ka Kwan Lau	Busted

Tags: Ilya Nikiforov Jonas Kronwitter Ka Kwan Lau

06-17-2025 14:05 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Lior Abudi	150,000 150,000	150,000
Erik Nordstrand	150,000 150,000	150,000
Aaron Overton	150,000 150,000	150,000
Lawrence Brandt	150,000 150,000	150,000

Ben Lamb	150,000 150,000	150,000

Isaac Haxton	150,000 150,000	150,000

Ian Matakis	150,000 150,000	150,000

Filip Lovric	150,000 150,000	150,000
Joni Jouhkimainen	150,000 150,000	150,000

Tyler Brown	150,000 150,000	150,000

Nick Maimone	150,000

Aaron Katz	150,000 150,000	150,000

Shlomi Elimeleh	150,000 150,000	150,000
Ronald Keijzer	150,000 150,000	150,000

Cary Katz	150,000 150,000	150,000

Philip Sternheimer	150,000 150,000	150,000

Konstantinos Bouloutsos	150,000 150,000	150,000
Narcis Nedelcu	150,000 150,000	150,000

Matt Livingston	150,000 150,000	150,000

Emmerson Jams on Suvarna

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Santhosh Suvarna raised to 2,800 from early position and Robert Emmerson three-bet to 8,600 from the button. When it got back to Suvarna, he four-bet to around 30,000. Emmerson called.

Suvarna made a continuation-bet of 36,000 on the 5♠6♠7♥ flop. Not too long after, Emmerson jammed for around 115,000. Suvarna burned through two of his time bank cards before opting to fold and surrender the pot to Emmerson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Emmerson	188,000 28,000	28,000
Santhosh Suvarna	85,000

Tags: Santhosh Suvarna Robert Emmerson

06-17-2025 13:58 UTC-8

Yockey Makes Straight to Double Up

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Nick Vazquez

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Zachary Schwartz raised to 4,000 under the gun. Bryce Yockey called in the hijack, and Terry Woodruff called in the cutoff.

The board came Q♣8♠7♦ and Schwartz continued for 6,000. Yockey quickly assembled all of his remaining chips, and pushed his last 17,800 into the middle. Woodruff folded, but Schwartz quickly called.

Bryce Yockey: K♥J♦9♦7♥ All in
Zachary Schwartz: K♠Q♥Q♠8♥

Schwartz had Yockey on the ropes, but the run out completed with the 9♣ and 10♠, and Yockey's straight saw him double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Terry Woodruff	240,000 90,000	90,000
Zachary Schwartz	215,000
Bryce Yockey	49,600 100,400	100,400

Tags: Bryce Yockey Terry Woodruff Zachary Schwartz

06-17-2025 13:56 UTC-8

Lonis Doubles His Short Stack

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

After two early position limps, Jesse Lonis raised to 4,400 with just 11,000 behind. Noah Schwartz three-bet to around 8,000, forcing the limpers to fold. Lonis jammed for 15,500, and Schwartz called.

Jesse Lonis: A♣A♥6♠3♦ All in
Noah Schwartz: K♠K♦9♠6♦

Lonis looked in great shape with aces against the pocket kings of Schwartz. The flop of Q♦10♠9♦ provided Schwartz with even more outs to win the pot. However, the rest of the board ran out 7♣2♠ and Lonis doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noah Schwartz	170,000 25,000	25,000

Jesse Lonis	35,000 105,000	105,000

Tags: Jesse Lonis Noah Schwartz

06-17-2025 13:44 UTC-8

Calvo Clears Out Opponents with Turn Bet

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Erick Torres

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Chance Kornuth began the action with a limp from early position. Artem Babakhanian from the cutoff, Scott Eskenazi from the button, and Daniel Barriocanal from the small blind all followed suit by calling the big blind. Luis Calvo checked his option to send the group to a flop.

Everyone checked the 7♦K♣A♦ to send the group to a turn.

When the 10♣ turn peeled off, Babakhanian and Eskenazi checked it over to Barriocanal, who slid out 3,000. Calvo called, and the rest of the table folded.

Barriocanal checked the J♦ river and saw a bet of 10,000 from Calvo. Barriocanal did not think long before pitching his cards into the muck to award Calvo the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artem Babakhanian	179,000 179,000	179,000
Luis Calvo	174,000 24,000	24,000

Chance Kornuth	167,000 66,500	66,500

Scott Eskenazi	162,000 12,000	12,000

Daniel Barriocanal	91,000 87,000	87,000

Tags: Artem Babakhanian Chance Kornuth Daniel Barriocanal Luis Calvo Scott Eskenazi

06-17-2025 13:20 UTC-8

Updated Big Chip Counts

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

These chip counts are taken directly from the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Krasimir Yankov	330,000 180,000	180,000
Lawrence Chang	315,300 170,300	170,300
Brian Breck	250,000 33,000	33,000
Cesar Garcia	250,000 100,000	100,000

Lou Garza	248,000

Eelis Parssinen	245,000

Stephen Hubbard	242,000 28,000	28,000
Noah Boeken	240,000 90,000	90,000
Chance Kornuth	233,500 83,500	83,500

Alan Reyf	230,000 80,000	80,000
Andjelko Andrejevic	225,000 75,000	75,000

Akihide Shimizu	213,300 63,300	63,300
Nino Pansier	210,900 60,900	60,900
Leonid Yanovski	210,000 60,000	60,000
Fabian Riebau-Schmithals	204,600 18,600	18,600
Brant Hale	201,000 7,000	7,000
Artem Maksimov	200,000 50,000	50,000
Talal Shakerchi	200,000 50,000	50,000

Christos Argyriadis	196,000 46,000	46,000
Noah Schwartz	195,000 45,000	45,000

06-17-2025 12:58 UTC-8

Lonis Gives Speech, Raises River

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Nick Vazquez

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Jesse Lonis raised in early position to 2,100. Only Vasil Medarov made the call from the small blind.

The flop came A♥8♣7♠ and Medarov checked to Lonis, who bet 3,400. Medarov called.

The turn went check-check on the A♣, and the river was the 5♠. Medarov then led out for 3,500.

"What kind of bet is that?", Lonis asked. He proceeded to tell a story about how someone said the same thing to him in another event, raised on the river, and showed a bluff. Lonis reenacted the first part of that story, raising to 15,200. When Medarov folded, Lonis showed that he wasn't bluffing, as he revealed 5♣5♥ for a rivered full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Lonis	140,000 10,000	10,000

Vasil Medarov	105,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Jesse Lonis Vasil Medarov

06-17-2025 12:57 UTC-8

Chop it Up

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Erick Torres

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Ap Garza began the hand with a raise to 2,000 from under the gun. Sean Rafael came along with a call from early position, Thomas Taylor called from the hijack, Stephen Hubbard came along from the small blind, and Ryan Weiss called from the big blind.

A round of checks from the entire table greeted the Q♥3♥8♠ flop to bring a free turn.

The 9♦ peeled off, and the table checked to Rafael, who slid out 4,100. Taylor called before Mustafov chose to raise to 30,000. Hubbard, Reiss, and Garza folded. Rafael jammed, and Taylor folded. Mustafov called off and was at risk.

Rafael showed A♠K♠J♠10♥ for a turned straight, and Mustafov showed Q♣J♥J♦10♣ for the same straight.

The 8♣ river did not change anything as both players chopped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lou Garza	248,000 98,000	98,000

Stephen Hubbard	214,000 24,000	24,000
Ryan Riess	129,000 41,000	41,000

Sean Rafael	126,000 24,000	24,000
Robert Cowen	95,500 54,500	54,500

Fahredin Mustafov	57,000 93,000	93,000